Abha Club

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Abha Football Club (Template:Langx) is a professional Saudi football club based in Abha that is currently playing in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football.

They were first promoted to the top flight in 2005 when they finished as runners up in the First Division. However, they were relegated after just one season. They achieved their second promotion in 2008 when they also finished as runners up. During the 2018–19 season Abha won their first First Division title as well as promotion to the Pro League for the third in the club's history.[1] Abha have won the Saudi Third Division League once, during the 1998–99 season and the Saudi Second Division League once, during the 1999–2000 season.

The club play their home games at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City (also known as Al-Mahalah) in Abha. They share the stadium with rivals Damac, with whom they contest the Asir derby.[2]

History

The idea of establishing a sports club in Abha started with the personal initiative of Abdullah Al-Muallami in 1947. His reasons for establishing a sports club was so that the youth of Abha had a place to practice and play football. The youth of Abha continued practicing without an official sports club until the year of 1960. Then the idea of establishing a sports club was put in motion. The aim of establishing a sports club wasn't only a sport-related one; it was also aimed to be an educational and sociable club. A meeting was held on this topic, and the attendees agreed to establish a sports club in Abha. However, a problem arose in the meeting which caused a split between the attendees. The cause of the split was the naming of the club. One half wanted the club's name to be Al-Ahli Club in Asir the other half wanted the name to be Ittihad Shabab Asir. An agreement was not reached and eventually, two clubs were established in Abha.[3] And in the year 1966, the club was officially registered with the GSA under the name of Al-Farouk Sports Club in Abha. The club's first official president was Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Nuaami who changed the club's name from Al-Ahli Sports Club to Al-Farouk Sports Club.[4]

During the same time, Al-Ittihad Sports Club in Abha was formed and the first official president was Aziz bin Mustafa. Under directives from the GSA, Al-Ittihad Sports Club changed their name to Abha Sports Club in 1962.[5] This was due to a club already named Al-Ittihad Sports Club in Jeddah. And in the year of 1968, Abha Sports Club once again changed their name but this time to Al-Siddiq Sports Club, in commemoration to Abu Bakr, first of the Rashidun Caliphates. In early 1969, the GSA decided to merge both clubs, Al-Farouk and Al-Siddiq, to form one club under the name of Al-Farouk Sports Club. Sheikh Suleiman bin Ahmed Mimish was the first president of the newly merged club.[6]

In 1972, Al-Farouk Sports Club held a ceremony in honor of Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud on the occasion of his appointment as the governor of Asir. The ceremony was held at the club's headquarters and a number of matters which concern the club were discussed. One of the matters that were discussed was a name change proposed by the Prince to members of the club's board. It was unanimously agreed by members of the board and fans of the club to change the club's name to Al-Wadiea Sports Club. Al-Wadiea achieved promotion to the Saudi First Division for the first time in 1977. They spent two seasons in the First Division before being relegated to the regional leagues. In 1983, the club once again achieved promotion to the First Division and spent two seasons before being relegated at the end of the 1984–85 season. Al-Wadiea were once again promoted in 1994 before being relegated after a season. In 1999, the club changed their name from Al-Wadiea Sports Club to Abha Sports Club.[7] That same year, the club was promoted to the Second Division under the guidance of Saad Saleh Al-Bishri as manager. A year later the club achieved promotion once again but this time to the First Division with the Algerian, Elias Bou Zaid, as manager. In 2005, Abha were promoted to the Pro League, the top tier of Saudi football, for the first time after finishing second in the 2004–05 season.[8] The club were relegated after just a season in the top tier. Abha once again reached the Pro League after finishing second in the 2007–08 season. They were relegated after a season following their loss to Al-Raed in the relegation play-offs.[9] Abha then spent six consecutive seasons in the Saudi First Division before getting relegated to the Second Division for the first time since 2000.[10] On 4 May 2018, Abha defeated Al-Watani 2–1 on aggregate in the promotion play-offs to earn promotion to the second tier.[11] On 30 April 2019, Abha were promoted to the top flight for the third time after a 2–2 draw away to Al-Nojoom.[12] This was their second promotion in two seasons, becoming the sixth Saudi team to achieve this feat. On 11 May 2019, Abha won their first MS League title despite losing to Al-Qaisumah.[13] The 2019–20 season was Abha's most successful season in the Pro League. They achieved their highest finish in the top flight after finishing ninth. The club also reached the semi-finals of the King Cup for the first time.[14]

Recent seasons

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P King Cup Crown Prince Cup Federation Cup Notes
2001–02 2D 5th 18 8 4 6 27 25 28 – Round of 16 Group stage
2002–03 2D 5th 22 9 8 5 38 34 35 – Round of 16 Group stage
2003–04 2D 6th 22 7 7 8 34 27 28 – 3rd qualifying round Winners
2004–05 2D 2nd 26 13 8 5 54 31 47 – 1st qualifying round Semi-finals Promoted
2005–06 1D 11th 22 3 4 15 24 57 13 – Round of 16 Semi-finals Relegated
2006–07 2D 10th 26 8 7 11 35 46 31 – 2nd qualifying round Quarter-finals
2007–08 2D 2nd 26 13 6 7 47 37 45 – 2nd qualifying round Semi-finals Promoted
2008–09 1D 11th 22 4 7 11 19 40 19 – Round of 16 Group stage Relegated
2009–10 2D 4th 26 12 5 9 39 36 41 – 2nd qualifying round Quarter-finals
2010–11 2D 4th 30 13 12 5 59 43 51 – 3rd qualifying round –
2011–12 2D 4th 30 14 7 9 36 28 49 – 1st qualifying round –
2012–13 2D 8th 30 11 8 11 41 45 41 – Play-off round –
2013–14 2D 10th 30 9 12 9 41 40 39 Round of 16 Round of 32 –
2014–15 2D 15th 30 5 10 15 36 56 25 Round of 16 Round of 32 – Relegated
2015–16 3D 7th 18 4 8 6 19 24 20 Round of 32 – –
2016–17 3D 7th 18 4 8 6 14 15 20 1st qualifying round – –
2017–18 3D 4th 18 7 6 5 20 22 27 1st qualifying round – – Promoted
2018–19 2D 1st 38 19 12 7 52 38 69 Round of 16 – – Promoted
2019–20 1D 9th 30 11 5 14 41 52 38 Semi-finals – –
2020–21 1D 13th 30 10 6 14 42 50 36 Round of 16 – –
2021–22 1D 9th 30 9 8 13 27 43 35 Round of 16 – –
2022–23 1D 12th 30 10 3 17 33 52 33 Quarter-finals – –
2023–24 1D 16th 34 9 5 20 38 87 32 Quarter-finals – – Relegated
2024–25 2D – –


Honours

Current squad

As of 1 February 2025

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Template:Fba/core Abdulrahman Al-Rio
3 DF Template:Fba/core Mohammad Naji
4 DF Template:Fba/core Metlaq Al-Shammeri
6 MF Template:Fba/core Lamine N'dao
8 MF Template:Fba/core Nasser Al-Omran
9 FW Template:Fba/core Hassan Al Salis
10 MF Template:Fba/core Abdulelah Al-Shammeri
12 GK Template:Fba/core Abdulrahman Al-Bouq
14 MF Template:Fba/core Essam Al-Bahri
17 DF Template:Fba/core Saleh Al-Qumayzi
18 DF Template:Fba/core Fabián Noguera
19 FW Template:Fba/core Muhammed Badamosi (on loan from ČukaričkiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
21 MF Template:Fba/core Zakaria Sami
22 MF Template:Fba/core Moayed Al-Houti
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Template:Fba/core Mohammed Al-Oufi
24 MF Template:Fba/core Hussain Al-Raqwani
25 MF Template:Fba/core Omar Shami
27 DF Template:Fba/core Nabil Marmouk (on loan from WydadScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)
29 MF Template:Fba/core Mohammed Al-Qahtani
30 GK Template:Fba/core Abdullah Al-Jadaani
32 DF Template:Fba/core Badr Al-Bishi
33 MF Template:Fba/core Yasser Soeidan
45 GK Template:Fba/core Moataz Akjah
55 FW Template:Fba/core Waleed Asiri
77 FW Template:Fba/core Meshal Al-Mutairi
80 MF Template:Fba/core Evans Kangwa
93 MF Template:Fba/core Hamad Al-Abdan
98 FW Template:Fba/core Thamer Al-Ali

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head Coach Template:Flagicon Abderrazek Chebbi
Assistant Head Coach Template:Flagicon Karim Arfaoui
Goalkeeper Coach Template:Flagicon Sultan Al-Alawi
Fitness Coach Template:Flagicon Faisal Al-Marzouq
Video Analyst Template:Flagicon Mohammed Al-Hussin
Match Analyst Template:Flagicon Hussein Al-Kheybari
Doctor Template:Flagicon Faisal Al-Mussalam
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon Isa Al-Hahbrani
Director of football Template:Flagicon Fawzi Al-Marzouq
Technical Director Template:Flagicon Turki Al-Hussein

Managerial history

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Presidential history

As of 17 November 2023.[15]

No Name From To
1 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Al-Nuaami 1966 1968
2 Template:Flagicon Ahmed Mottain 1968 1968
3 Template:Flagicon Suleiman Habtar 1969 1970
4 Template:Flagicon Aziz bin Mustafa Aziz 1970 1972
5 Template:Flagicon Suleiman Mimish 1972 1973
6 Template:Flagicon Dhafer Al-Obaidi 1973 1974
7 Template:Flagicon Mohammed bin Rashed Salamah 1977 1977
8 Template:Flagicon Khaled Mohammed Sheikho 1978 1978
9 Template:Flagicon Mohammed Al-Fawaz 1979 1979
10 Template:Flagicon Abdulrahman Abo Melha 1981 1984
11 Template:Flagicon Hani Abu Ghazaleh 1985 1987
12 Template:Flagicon Saleh Qadeh 1988 1990
13 Template:Flagicon Mustafa bin Abdullah Aziz 1991 1993
14 Template:Flagicon Hamad Shabib Al-Dossari 1993 1996
15 Template:Flagicon Abdulwahab Al Mojathel 1997 2002
16 Template:Flagicon Hamad Shabib Al-Dossari 2002 2005
17 Template:Flagicon Abdulwahab Al Mojathel 2005 2006
18 Template:Flagicon Meshafi Al-Maqrafi 2006 2006
19 Template:Flagicon Ali Al-Shehri 2006 2006
20 Template:Flagicon Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Faisal 2006 2008
21 Template:Flagicon Saad Al-Ahmari 2008 2008
22 Template:Flagicon Abdulwahab Al Mojathel 2009 2009
23 Template:Flagicon Saad Al-Ahmari 2010 2013
24 Template:Flagicon Ahmed Al-Hodithy 2013

See also

External links

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  • Abha at SPL

References

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